Conversations with the Fat Girl
by Liza Palmer
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Read in January, 2006
I read Conversations with the Fat Girl by Liza Palmer, and it was one of those books that touched me in a lot of ways. I found myself identifying with the main character, Maggie, in so many ways and recognizing myself in many of her thoughts.
The basic gist is Maggie is 27, single, overweight, and working a lousy job while waiting for the right one to come by. Her best friend, Olivia, had gastric bypass surgery a number of years ago and is now getting married, but since Olivia has found the ...more
The basic gist is Maggie is 27, single, overweight, and working a lousy job while waiting for the right one to come by. Her best friend, Olivia, had gastric bypass surgery a number of years ago and is now getting married, but since Olivia has found the ...more
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Read in February, 2008
After reading (and loving) Liza Palmer's second book, Seeing Me Naked, I had high expectations for her first novel. Conversations with the Fat Girl was not a disappointment. It follows lifelong "fat girl" Maggie who works at a coffee shop even though she has a masters degree in art restoration. Maggie is also hopelessly in love with Domenic--a 28 year old coffee shop bu...more
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Read in June, 2008
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Read in March, 2006
This was a wonderful first novel. I loved the characters -- Maggie (the narrator) in particular was just very vivid and real to me. I identified with her quite strongly, to the point where I was recognizing some of my own character flaws in Maggie's personality. I hope I have the strength to do what Maggie did at the end of the novel and take charge of my own life and change those things about myself that I don't like.
This is, as the title suggests, a book about what it's like to life as a f...more
This is, as the title suggests, a book about what it's like to life as a f...more
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Read in January, 2008
Near the beginning of this novel, I really felt for the main character. As I am a fat girl myself, I could identify with some of the feelings and thoughts that Maggie had. I also thought she was quite funny. One of my favorite parts of the whole book is when Maggie was imagining Olivia and her children looking at pictures from the wedding and saying (with a British accent, no less), "Mummy, who is that fat woman? I'm frightened; I shall have nightmares if I have to look at her another ...more
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Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
fat girls everywhere
The author's writing "rhythm" is weird. It is not smooth reading. I found myself re-reading sentences to figure out she was talking 2 different things! But it's a good read. I liked it. A good breezy, don't want to think about it book.
The short story is: 2 large and lovely friends from school grows up. One gets gastric bypass surgery and turns into an ass. The other one FINALLY at the end of the book starts going to a gym and FINALLY falls in love with the guy she worked w...more
The short story is: 2 large and lovely friends from school grows up. One gets gastric bypass surgery and turns into an ass. The other one FINALLY at the end of the book starts going to a gym and FINALLY falls in love with the guy she worked w...more
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Read in March, 2007
The story surrounds Maggie, whom has always been on the plus-side of the scale but growing up was never quite as large as her friend Olivia. Almost 10 years later, Maggie is now the maid of honor to the now svelte Olivia post gastric-bypass. The one time kindred spirits now are worlds apart. Maggie always thought size didn't matter, especially to two such good friends who know that you should never judge a book by its cover but more and more, Maggie is starting to wonder if Olivia has changed...more
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Read in July, 2006
If you were to ask the average female what they didn't like about their body, their list would probably be endless. The gossip mags always contain this week's trendy diet, but many of us now face these with an air of defeated contempt - if the cabbage soup didn't work then there's no chance of the smoothies being any better. So when weight and self image is a topic that dominates many girly chats is it something we really want to read about? Liza Palmer obviously thinks we do - its the theme of ...more
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What I've come to expect from Liza Palmer: wonderful, insightful, beautiful. It's got some absolutely fantastic characters and all of them are concrete and vividly real. None of the chick-lit cliches - the heroine of the novel's mother and sister? Actually supportive, instead of being cut-outs from a Jennifer Crusie novel - what fun!
Seriously, just a great book. It deals with issue...more
Seriously, just a great book. It deals with issue...more
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Read in April, 2008
I don't think it matters what you weigh. Either you are large and trying to loose weight or you are small and trying to stay that way or you don't care. I feel this book was relevant to everyone no matter what their size. Everyone is self conscious, some more than others, I don't think it necessarily depends on weather they are considered over weight. The story is easy to relate to, thus making it enjoyable but sad at the same time. It is a good motivational book with out being a self help book ...more
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The story follows Maggie, a late 20's overweight woman waiting for her life to start. She's self-deprecating, pessimistic, and at the same time likeable. Her best friend Olivia (who also used to be plus-sized but went the gastric bypass route), is getting married to a doctor and Maggie gets to be the Maid of Honor.
The problem is that when Olivia dropped to a size two she became a bitch, and by the end you want to scream at Maggie to stand up for herself. The ending was fulfilling, in that &qu...more
The problem is that when Olivia dropped to a size two she became a bitch, and by the end you want to scream at Maggie to stand up for herself. The ending was fulfilling, in that &qu...more
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I picked up this book because, well, I know exactly what it feels like to be a fat girl. So far, its like I am listening in on one of the juciest conversations ever. She is so real, and so human. The story starts, and you meet our lead and find out she is loosing her house, her newly skinny (due to gastric bypass) best friend for life, is getting married to a perfect doctor, and she is still working in the same coffee shop from college because she is too afraid to get rejected by a 'real job' .....more
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Read in May, 2008
this book started out slow and I wasn't quite sure what to think but then it picked up about half way through, so much so that I couldn't put it down last night and had to finish it even though it was nearly midnight when I was done.
This was a good book about one "fat" girls life and how she let her weight and other factors keep her from achieving success. It also deals with a friendship and how things have changed and can losing a lot of weight affect the dynamics of that friends
This was a good book about one "fat" girls life and how she let her weight and other factors keep her from achieving success. It also deals with a friendship and how things have changed and can losing a lot of weight affect the dynamics of that friends
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Read in December, 2007
Conversations with the Fat Girl was one of those so-so books. Not bad... but not great, either. While there were a few passages that had me nodding my head in total agreement, overall I had trouble connecting with Maggie. Her continued acceptance of bad treatment by her "best friend" became aggravating. I wanted to yell at her to 'wake up, already!' Maggie finally did come around, and was well on her way to self-acceptance and self-esteem, but it was a slow ride getting there.
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Read in February, 2008
I really enjoyed this book. It's a very realistic, funny, and poignant portrayal of a young woman deciding to leave her comfort zone and tackle her career, love life, self esteem, and the end of a friendship with her childhood best friend. While that's the basis of just about every chick lit book out there, this one stands above the rest. The main character is entertaining, endearing, and by the end of the book well worth cheering for.
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Read in May, 2006
recommends it for:
fat chicks everywhere and former fatties who've forgotten their roots
I read this a while ago, but I remember that I really, REALLY loved it. It was one of those "I have to underline stuff in this book, NOW" books, because there were so many quotes and passages that captured my attention (and my own life) so completely.
If you've ever been the fat friend, the other girl, the girl who's always "one of the guys," then you'll probably love what this book has to say.
Highly, highly recommended.
If you've ever been the fat friend, the other girl, the girl who's always "one of the guys," then you'll probably love what this book has to say.
Highly, highly recommended.
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Read in May, 2008
I'd give this 3 and a half stars if I could, I really liked the book but I hate, hate, hate cliffhanger endings unless it is a series. I want to know what happens with Maggie and Domenic/Olivia. I want it handed to me on a silver platter, I don't want to play guessing games.
Before the ending though I felt that Maggie was a very likeable character, I found myself relating to her a lot.
Before the ending though I felt that Maggie was a very likeable character, I found myself relating to her a lot.
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Read in March, 2007
recommends it for:
Girls who struggle with their weight or any other self-image issue
Amazingly, I really liked this book (the three stars are because I refuse to give chick lit more than 4, and this one wasn't the very best chick lit out there). It's about two girls, both who used to be fat, and one who still is. I could relate, and I appreciated seeing the fat girl come to grips with herself and be happy. You probably won't like it otherwise.
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Read in June, 2008
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a nestierecommends it for: weaker women
The book was just ok. The ending was good and redeemed the book a little. However, the main character was whiny and I felt somewhat of a connection, but not enough to care about what happened during the whole first 3/4 of the book.
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Read in April, 2008
recommends it for:
women, particularly ones that have dealt with weight issues
This book was fun to read but a bit slow at the start. I personally found it to be of interest since I have had my own issues with weight. It is written in a very real way, descriptions of the way she thinks of herself etc are so very perfect. I think women of all shapes and sizes could find some way to relate to this story.
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